Theatre TIA 2024 -2025

How many sides of the stage are the audience on in a Proscenium stage?

• 4

• 6

• 1

• 9

The main curtain that conceals the stage from the audience. It is typically red.

• backdrop

• curtain

• cyclorama

• Grand Drape

The area of the stage on the audience side in front of the Grand Drape

• Apron

• Orchestra Pit

• Stage

• Left Wing

A large piece of painted fabric hung behind the actors. Usually painted to resemble a realistic location.

• Grand Drape

• Cyclorama

• Backdrop

• Right Wing

The large muslin (a specific type of fabric typically used in theatre) drape hung across the extreme upstage area that represents “the sky”. Can be used for projections.

• Grand Drape

• Cyclorama

• Backdrop

• Right Wing

The ropes, pulleys, and arbors off stage right that control the height of the drapes, electrics, battens, and hanging scenery

• Traveler Curtain

• Cyclorama

• Counterweight system

• Fly Rail system

Where the audience sits during a performance

• House

• Seats

• Left Wing

• Backstage

__ is the portion of the stage visible to the audience.

__ is the area surrounding the playing space, not visible to the audience.

In theatre we can use the following elements to tell a story without words:

• Body Movement

• Facial Expression

• All of the above